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AFIMSC Headquarters Finds Home in San Antonio

1/23/2015

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JB San Antonio, Texas, will serve as the host
base for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center headquarters, officials
announced. The decision was based in part on the fact that almost 50 percent of
the center’s subordinate unit personnel already reside at the base, according
to a Jan. 21 release.
“In fact, two of AFIMSC’s primary subordinate units will share the same
building with the headquarters,” said Timothy
Bridges, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations. “We
believe co-locating AFIMSC with a large percentage of its subordinate staff
will allow the Air Force to harness operational synergy as the headquarters
matures into full operational capability.” The personnel will begin reporting
to the headquarters this summer and the majority of the staff will be in place
by the fall of 2016, states the release. Air Force Materiel Command activated
the provisional headquarters at JB Andrews, Md., in August 2014. The center
is intended to consolidate major
command-level installation and mission support activities under one commander
and to save the service money. “The consolidation will drive standardized
processes, reduce overhead, and drive down costs,” said Bridges. “It makes good
business sense to centralize installation support the way we already centralize
other support functions.”